Category: pota
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UK POTA Rain and Shine
Bletchley Park Most readers of this blog are probably familiar with Bletchley Park and the significance of this place in breaking the codes used by the axis military forces during the second world war. The electromechanical systems developed and used here to aid the codebreakers in their daily work led…
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Black Point Battery At Fort Mason
The spontaneous HF radio operating enabled by the new Elecraft KH1 handheld transceiver opens up a whole new set of opportunities for the POTA activator. Combined with the sprawling Golden Gate National Recreation Area (US-0647) you could do an awful lot of POTA activations and not operate from the same…
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The Adventure You Get
is not always the adventure you expect. Recently I’ve been plotting a unique activation of the De Anza National Historic Trail, but that particular POTA activation is going to need a good antenna and just as importantly, time. This day afforded a few hours in the morning for outdoor radio…
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Crossing State Lines
The outdoor amateur radio adventures documented in this blog so far have taken place entirely within my home state of California. Recently, I took off by car to visit family in Washington state. This wasn’t really a POTA oriented vacation trip but if I played my cards right there might…
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Taking The QMX Outdoors
Mount Tamalpais is a 2,571 foot landmark situated above Marin County in California’s coastal mountain range. Known locally as Mt. Tam, the mountain has been a refuge from busy city life in San Francisco for more than a hundred years. The Coast Miwok people, who lived around the mountain prior…
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Weekend POTA Roundup
It’s been a stormy past several days here in Northern California, but if anything, the weather only amplifies my motivation to go outside and get on the air. Rather than do a separate writeup for each, this post is a roundup of my last four POTA activations, from Friday February…
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Warm Winter POTA at K-7889
It is not uncommon for California to experience a spell of warm weather in late January or February with temperatures rising into the mid-60s °F. This typically occurs when high barometric pressure builds over the eastern Pacific and into the Pacific Northwest, causing an offshore wind flow over California. With…
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Activation 72
Today’s activation of the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Site K-7889 was pretty standard for a mid-winter POTA outing. Normally I wouldn’t bother to write it up on this blog. After coming here 72 times there is not much new to say about it. Nevertheless, maybe somebody will find…
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Outdoor Radio For The New Year
The new year means time off work and the opportunity to overindulge in amateur radio activities. With no antenna installed presently at my home QTH, all of my operating must be done in the field. For January 1st, 2024 I was able to complete two POTA activations at local parks.…
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Rainy Day Activation
It’s late December and one of a series of winter storms is driving into northern and central California. The previous day, my plans for a combined Summits On The Air and Parks On The Air activation fell apart due to weather. Today most of the UTC day had passed with…
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